But there was something strange about the woman sitting on the car's passenger-side seat.

Police were alerted to her presence by a call yesterday from a "very upset citizen".

They said an older woman was alone in the vehicle and appeared frozen to death.

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ROOM FOR THE NIGHT: The 'pensioner' was in the passenger seat of this car

Temperatures were bitterly cold and the snow on the car suggested it was parked overnight.

“The owner was incredulous that we took action in this matter”

Edward Moore, Hudson Police

Officers saw the woman was not moving and was unresponsive, so they broke the rear passenger window.

It was then they discovered that she was in fact a very realistic, life-sized mannequin designed for CPR training.

And the owner of the car, who worked for a firm that manufactures the dummies, was furious that his window was smashed.

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Edward Moore from the local police department in the US city of Hudson, New York, told WESH2 news how he reacted.

"It is my understanding that the owner was incredulous that we took action in this matter," he said.

Chief lieutenant Moore said the man was quite "vocal and vulgar to my sergeant" but the officer made no apologies.

He said: "If you park your locked vehicle on the street on a sub-zero night with a life size realistic mannequin seated in it… we will break your window."